Playgirl Killer (1968)

A rich, lonely woman hires a drifter as a live-in handyman. The drifter turns out to be a psycho artist who has beautiful women model for him, then kills them.

Director:

Erick Santamaria

Writers:

Harry Kerwin (story), William Kerwin (story),

Stars:

William Kerwin, Jean Christopher, Andrée Champagne

Cast

Cast overview:
William Kerwin	...	Bill
Jean Christopher	...	Arlene
Andrée Champagne	...	Nikki
Neil Sedaka	...	Bob
Mary Lou Collier	...	Pat Seeley (as Mary Lou Collins)
Linda Christopher	...	Betty
Jacqueline Douguet
Denise Andrieux
Diane Woliner
Ted Rust
Serge Lasalle
D. Jones
Kathleen Mount
Allan F. Nicholls	...	J.B. and The Playboys
Kieta

Storyline

Driven by a heated passion. Haunted by an exotic and misty recurring nightmare. Obsessed with a beauty he can paint but not possess, a psychotic artist twists his inspiration into a deranged killing spree. At a country lake, the artist goes insane when his beautiful model will not keep still. In a maddened frenzy, he kills her with his spear gun. The murderous spree has begun. At a nearby mansion, the artist is hired as a handyman. But as his madness drives him further and further into his own nightmarish world, he lashes out again...and again...and again, creating a grotesque museum of victims in the walk-in freezer. But as the murderer prepares to kill his final victim a power failure occurs. His ghastly vision shatters into an even more terrifying reality. Playgirl Killer...paint it red for passion, red for rage, and red for his beautiful but bloodied victims.

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Plot Keywords:

handyman | mansion | freezer | spear gun | shot with a bow and arrow | 

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Taglines:

Paint it red for passion, red for rage, and red for his beautiful victims.

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Genres:

Horror

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Certificate:

R

Details

Country:

Canada

Language:

English

Release Date:

26 July 1968 (Canada)

Also Known As:

Decoy For Terror

Filming Locations:

Montréal, Québec, Canada

Box Office

Budget:

CAD 150,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Technical Specs

Runtime:

85 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The first and last cinematographic role for the singer Neil Sedaka.

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Quotes

[repeated line]
Bill: They... always... move!

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Connections

Referenced in Nightmare in Canada: Canadian Horror on Film (2004)

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Soundtracks

"If You Don't Want To"
Performed by J.B. and the Playboys

User Reviews

A Real Freak Fest

This film is a really sick piece of work. The artist kills women just because they won't stay perfectly still for him and you feel no sympathy for any of them as most of them either come off as nymphos or just have bad attitudes. Only the third victim, the girl who answers an ad for a boarder, seems like a nice girl. Unfortunately, she is killed before you really get to know her. Also, just before the girl is killed she is conveniently taking off her clothes and is only in her bra and panties when she is killed.

It seems like the director had a real hatred for women and was just interested in showing them in various states of undress. No wonder people say that this is one of the worst films ever made and that the only time that it was ever shown was late at night when the kiddies were asleep.